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His familys premiums go down instead of up. its about the grandma in oregon whose free mammogram caught her breast cancer before it had a chance to spread. its about the mom in arizona who can afford heart surgery for her little girl now that the lifetime cap on her coverage has been lifted. its about the folks here today who got a little bit of relief. im curious, what do opponents of this law think the folks here today should do with the money they were reimbursed? should they send it back to ...

Lifetime cap on her coverage has been lifted. >> sam, i think i have a reason why the president hasnt been so great at this. he is obviously an inspirational speaker. ive said that a million times. its this. the real beneficiaries of this system of obama care are going to be those tens of millions of people who now rely primarily on the er. they dont have any health care when they get hurt, whether its something serious or something not so serious. they race over and spend hours waiting in that ...

Lot of folks in this town rooting for this law to fail. some of them seem to think this law is about me. its not. i already have really good health care. its about the dad in maryland, for the first time ever saw the premiums go down instead of up. its about the grandma in oregon whose free mammogram caught her breast cancer before it had a chance to spread. its about the mom in arizona who can afford heart surgery for her little girl now that the lifetime cap on her coverage has been lifted. >>...

After three months, his care had had reached the one-million dollar cap set by the company. heres traviss mom and dad sharing their story. $1 million seems like a lot of money that youd never think youd exceed that in a lifetime, but my son exceeded that in three months. >> you think youre working, youre paying for insurance, youre going to be covered. they just got an illness they couldnt help and its not fair to take away their insurance or to tell them they can never be on insurance again. >>...

$1 million seems like a lot of money that youd never think youd exceed that in a lifetime, but my son exceeded that in three months. >> you think youre working, youre paying for insurance, youre going to be covered. they just got an illness they couldnt help and its not fair to take away their insurance or to tell them they can never be on insurance again. >> the turner family was helped by the affordable care act. insurance companies can no longer deny kids like travis. they cant put a lifetime...

Your problems. stacy, he feels that the health insurance market is going to offer you whatever you needed. you would be able to get whatever you need in a private market. >> right. thats just absolutely not true. it would be -- that would be great if that were true. you know, with her reaching getting very close to her lifetime cap, once she reaches that, you know, multiple million dollar max, theres no way. i dont see anyone saying oh, sure. we would love to cover this child. so its scary to th...

Insurance is a much more important subject than that. but you would never know that by watching the republican convention. at the democratic convention, we heard from a mother, stacy lynn, who needs the karen teas that obama care has given her family, because her daughters life depends on it. >> zoes third open heart surgery will happen either next year or the year after. if mitt romney becomes president and obama care is repealed, theres a good chance shell hit her lifetime cap. theres no way w...

The sense that when i thought about lifetime caps, i always thought of it being a problem for older people. that somewhere up toward your 60s, probably before you get to medicare, if youve had a lot of problems you might hit your lifetime cap but as soon as you started speaking about this it become clear that the huge risk in lifetime caps is to children born with serious problems that need surgeries. they are in the most likely position to hit a lifetime cap. >> yeah, absolutely. with the rate ...

Lifetime and theres a lot that can happen and a lot that can go wrong and those medical bills just keep adding up and its frightening to think about a repeal. and losing that coverage. >> stacy, you changed my perspective on lifetime caps in the sense that when i thought about lifetime caps, i always thought of it being a problem for older people. that somewhere up toward your 60s, probably before you get to medicare, if youve had a lot of problems you might hit your lifetime cap but as soon as ...

Year or the year after. if mitt romney becomes president and obama care is repealed, theres a good chance shell hit her lifetime cap. theres no way we could afford to pay for all the care she needs to survive. >> joining me now for an sclusive interview and their first since the convention are caleb, stacy and zoe lynn. i want to hear what it was like to address the convconvention. i take it youve never spoken to an audience of 30 million people before. >> no i havent. it was quite a surreal mom...